A career .300 hitter, Freeman entered Monday’s game batting .333 for the season. His postseason resume is just as impressive; he has appeared in 62 playoff games and hit 14 home runs. Notably, during the Braves' 2021 championship run, Freeman hit five home runs in 16 postseason games. In last year’s playoffs, he added four more in 13 games.

Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman each drilled two-run homers as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the host Miami Marlins 7-4 on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series.

The Marlins (13–21) have now dropped nine of their last 11. They got a late jolt from rookie Agustín Ramírez’s three-run homer in the eighth, but the comeback came too late.